13 December 2018. Summary of changes for version 20181213:
This release is available at
https://acpica.org/downloads
1) ACPICA Kernel-resident Subsystem:
Fixed some buffer length issues with the GenericSerialBus, related to two of the
bidirectional protocols: AttribRawProcessBytes and AttribRawBytes, which are rarely seen
in the field. For these, the LEN field of the ASL buffer is now ignored. Hans de Goede
Implemented a new object evaluation trace mechanism for control methods and data objects.
This includes nested control methods. It is particularly useful for examining the ACPI
execution during system initialization since the output is relatively terse. The flag
below enables the output of the trace via the ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT_RAW interface:
#define ACPI_LV_EVALUATION 0x00080000
Examples:
Enter evaluation : _SB.PCI0._INI (Method)
Exit evaluation : _SB.PCI0._INI
Enter evaluation : _OSI (Method)
Exit evaluation : _OSI
Enter evaluation : _SB.PCI0.TEST (Method)
Nested method call : _SB.PCI0.NST1
Exit nested method : _SB.PCI0.NST1
Exit evaluation : _SB.PCI0.TEST
Added two recently-defined _OSI strings. See
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/acpi/winacpi-osi.
"Windows 2018"
"Windows 2018.2"
Update for buffer-to-string conversions via the ToHexString ASL operator. A "0x"
is now prepended to each of the hex values in the output string. This provides
compatibility with other ACPI implementations. The ACPI specification is somewhat vague on
this issue.
Example output string after conversion: "0x01,0x02,0x03,0x04,0x05,0x06"
Return a run-time error for TermArg expressions within individual package elements.
Although this is technically supported by the ASL grammar, other ACPI implementations do
not support this either. Also, this fixes a fault if this type of construct is ever
encountered (it never has been).
2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
iASL: Implemented a new compile option (-ww) that will promote individual warnings and
remarks to errors. This is intended to enhance the firmware build process.
AcpiExec: Implemented a new command-line option (-eo) to support the new object evaluation
trace mechanism described above.
Disassembler: Added support to disassemble OEMx tables as AML/ASL tables instead of a
"unknown table" message.
AcpiHelp: Improved support for the "special" predefined names such as _Lxx,
_Exx, _EJx, _T_x, etc. For these, any legal hex value can now be used for "xx"
and "x".